Bosnia and Herzegovina hip-hop (or simply Bosnian hip-hop) is a style of hip-hop music made in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Although quite a new music style in Bosnia, it has nevertheless proven to be very popular. The hip-hop scene has coalesced around several major portals on the internet. The center of hip-hop and hip-hop culture used to be only Tuzla, primarily thanks to the first radio hip-hop show and label called FMJAM and their crew, with the big help of popular rappers Edo Maajka and Frenkie.

Recent

Today, hip-hop is more popular than ever before. Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Mostar are three cities that are the most popular ones today, when it comes to new releases, hip-hop happening,s and concerts. Artists like Mayer and crews like Malter, DoggSound, REVSKL, and HighTime are currently the most popular ones in Mostar. While in Sarajevo artists like Buba Corelli and from BluntBylon and crews like Capital City Crew, Treća Smjena Crew including Sajfer and Santos, G-Recordz, etc. belong in the category of the most popular and listened to artists in the country.

For the first time in the history of Bosnian hip-hop culture, it is possible to hear and find new songs and videos on TV, which was almost unheard of back in the 2000s. Media picture of hip-hop is growing with BHOP Portal being the most updated website when it comes to being the place to find everything that is currently happening in Bosnian hip-hop, and currently it is the most visited internet website that specifically covers the Bosnian hip-hop scene. FMJAM is the most popular crew and private 'net' label in the country, and their radio has been going on strong for more than ten years with DJ Soul as the main DJ. Facebook and YouTube still remain the main tools artists use to develop their fan base, because even though hip-hop has gotten more popular in Bosnia, it is still nowhere near the level of other popular music styles when it comes to fans, media coverage, and anything else of that sort.

History of Bosnian hip-hop

In the late 1980s, a rapper emerged named "Elvir Reper", who never recorded any songs, but did actively engage in rapping and is credited as introducing hip-hop material from popular American hip-hop acts at that time.

Because of the war in Bosnia that started in 1992, hip-hop stopped for a while, only to be revived by what has become known as the second wave of hip-hop.

With the help of FMJAM, the first songs were produced in a studio.

References

  • BHOP Portal - BiH Hip Hop Portal (In Bosnian)
  • Biggest Balkans Hip-Hop Community (In Bosnian)
  • Sarajevo Hip-Hop history (In Bosnian)
  • Fmjam's website (In Bosnian)
  • Edo Maajka's official website (In Bosnian)
  • Hip-Hop Tuzla blog (In Bosnian)
  • Old School Bihać Hip-Hop